Patents Examined by Sean Gramling
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Patent number: 10379279Abstract: In various embodiments, an illumination apparatus features spatially separated input and output regions, a light source, a phosphor for light conversion, and an out-coupling structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: OREE ADVANCED ILLUMINATION SOLUTIONS LTD.Inventors: Yosi Shani, Tania Kosoburd, Pierre Avner Badehi, Dafna Bortman-Arbiv, Gadi Segal, Inna Mishustin, Yigal Malyanker
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Patent number: 10228099Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a lighting device. The lighting device may include a circuit board, a plurality of white light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted on one side of the circuit board and configured to emit white light at a first color correlated temperature (CCT) value, and a pigmented elastomer comprising a plurality of pigments distributed throughout the elastomer and encapsulating at least the one side of the circuit board. The plurality of pigments may include a red pigment and a yellow pigment and be configured to change a CCT value of the white light emitted by the plurality of LEDs from the first CCT value to a second CCT value that is different from the first CCT value.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: LiliBrand LLCInventor: Ariel Meir
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Patent number: 10222531Abstract: Provided are a backlight and a liquid crystal display device including the same. The backlight unit includes a light source assembly which emits light; a light guide plate which receives at a light incident surface thereof light from the light source assembly; and a bottom chassis having a bottom unit on which the light guide plate is disposed. The bottom unit of the bottom chassis has a first bottom portion which is arranged in the vicinity of the light incident surface and has a first recess, a second bottom portion which is bent diagonally to the cross sectional surface and has a second recess, and a third bottom portion which is bent at the second bottom portion in the direction parallel to the first bottom portion and disposed higher than the first bottom portion. A light absorbing member is disposed in the first and second recesses.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sun Hee Oh, Dong Yeon Kang
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Patent number: 10215343Abstract: A lighting device comprises a holder for LED filaments. The holder has a first electrically conductive holding structure and a second electrically conductive holding structure. Each holding structure comprises an essentially longitudinal connection section and an attachment section essentially perpendicular to the connection section.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBHInventors: Lene Haberkorn, HuaLi Yu, Klaus Eckert, Baijin Xu, Lambert Frye, Jitao Liu, Qian Xie, Liqin Li
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Patent number: 10208904Abstract: A light hanging system is described. The system employs a channel and a housing configured to slide into the channel. The housing is further configured to receive, retain and suspend at least one set of decorative lights. The channel is configured to be mounted either directly or in conjunction with at least one channel mount, to a gutter or soffit portion of a building structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Inventor: Arnold Haas
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Patent number: 10203535Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a mosaic screen. The mosaic screen comprises a box body, a backlight module and a plurality of display modules spliced with each other. The box body comprises four side walls and one box bottom. The plurality of display modules and the box bottom are oppositely fixed on the box body. The backlight module comprises a plurality of lamp panels arranged on the four side walls. Each of the lamp panels comprises: a baseplate, a light source fixing plate, and a light source fixed on the light source fixing plate. The light source fixing plate is connected with a first side of the baseplate close to the display modules, and forms an included angle with the baseplate.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yang Fan, She Lin, Xin Wang
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Patent number: 10197719Abstract: A display device includes a display panel curved with respect to a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction and about a first reference axis substantially parallel to the first direction, a light guide plate disposed under the display panel and including a first surface facing the display panel and a second surface facing the display panel such that the first surface is disposed between the second surface and the display panel, a light source which provides a light to the light guide plate, and a bottom chassis which accommodates the light guide plate and the light source. The first surface is curved with respect to the plane about a second reference axis substantially parallel to the first direction, and the second surface is substantially parallel to the plane.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Euijeong Kang, Sehee Jeon, Junghoon Shin, Hayoung Lee
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Patent number: 10197240Abstract: A lighting device comprising at least one solid state light emitting light source, a power supply and a housing. The light source(s), and optionally also the power supply, is/are positioned within the housing. The power supply is configured to supply power to the light source(s). The housing comprises at least one substantially transparent light passing structure which comprises at least one thermoplastic material. When power is supplied to the light source, at least a portion of the light emitted by the source light passes through the light passing structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Paul Kenneth Pickard
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Patent number: 10190754Abstract: An optical attachment feature of a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes an enclosure, a trim, a reflector, and a diffuser. The enclosure can include an enclosure wall forming a cavity and an enclosure collar having a first profile. The trim can include a trim collar that abuts to the enclosure collar, wherein the trim collar has a second profile. The reflector can include an outer surface, an inner surface having reflective material disposed thereon, and a reflector collar having a first optical attachment mechanism. The diffuser can include a diffuser collar, where the diffuser collar can include a second optical attachment mechanism and a third optical attachment mechanism, where the second optical attachment mechanism can couple to the first optical attachment mechanism, and where the third optical attachment mechanism is disposed within a feature formed by the first profile and the second profile when the enclosure collar is mechanically coupled to the trim collar.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANYInventors: Kevin Roy Harpenau, Jyoti Kathawate, James Richard Christ, Jason Q. Paulsel, Russell Bryant Green
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Patent number: 10182702Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus includes; a light-emitting device including a photoluminescent layer that receives excitation light and emits light including first light having a wavelength ?a in air, and a light-transmissive layer located on or near the photoluminescent layer; and an optical fiber that receives the light from the photoluminescent layer at one end of the optical fiber and emits the received light from the other end thereof. A surface structure is defined on at least one of the photoluminescent layer and the light-transmissive layer, and the surface structure has projections or recesses or both and limits a directional angle of the first light having the wavelength ?a in air.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuaki Nagao, Taku Hirasawa, Yasuhisa Inada, Mitsuru Nitta, Akira Hashiya, Yasuhiko Adachi
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Patent number: 10184756Abstract: A rail mounted weapon light for being interfaced with firearm platforms. The weapon light defines an outer housing that includes a main body and an integral outer housing extension that defines an interface profile shaped and sized to slidably engage the track of the firearm platform. The outer housing is configured such that there is an offset between the outer housing extension and the main body. A pressure switch is disposed on the outer housing extension. The pressure switch having a momentary on function and a constant on function. The main body including a head portion that defines an inner chamber for receiving the electronics of the weapon light. The electronics of the weapon light being in electronic communication with the pressure switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Inventors: Sean McCauley, Eric Small, David A. Winge, Matt Tenbarge
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Patent number: 10184635Abstract: A lighting device includes a housing, the housing comprising an opening. The lighting device also comprises a lens operably disposed in the opening, the lens having an outer viewable face and an opposed inner face, the lens comprising an integrally formed axially-extending light guide, the light guide comprising a light inlet end, a light outlet comprising a portion of the outer viewable face, and a light transmission portion, the light transmission portion comprising a light reflecting structure disposed on the inner face. The lighting device also includes a light source, the light guide configured to receive light rays from the light source into the light inlet end, transmit the rays via internal reflectance along light transmission portion to the light reflecting structures where they are reflected outwardly away from the lighting device in a principal direction through the outer viewable face.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: VARROC LIGHTING SYSTEMS, S.R.O.Inventors: Colby J. Childress, Timothy Pelech
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Patent number: 10180225Abstract: Cutoff mechanism for a motor vehicle headlight, that has a bar formed by an obturation plate carried by a movable appliance configured so as to move the plate in a plane and thus obscure a light beam to a greater or lesser extent so as to change the optical operating mode, further having a mechanism for actuating the movable appliance using an electromagnet having an induction coil associated with a ferromagnetic core, wherein the electromagnet has at least one ferromagnetic core fixed with respect to its induction coil and in that the movable appliance has at least one permanent magnet configured so as to cooperate magnetically with the ferromagnetic core.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: AML SystemsInventors: Anderson Noronha, Daniel Lopez, Hassan Koulouh
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Patent number: 10180213Abstract: A light emitting device including a transparent board elongated in a first direction and having a first surface and an opposite second surface. Light emitting elements are arranged in the first direction on the first surface side of the board. A transparent bulb houses the board and the elements. A base is connected to the bulb, and leads electrically connect the elements to the base. The leads have a first end portion connected to the base, and an opposite second end portion. Conductive members are respectively connected to the second end portions of the leads, and the conductive members are arranged at both side of the elements on the board in the first direction. A first wavelength converting member is provided on the first surface and seals the elements. The first wavelength converting member is elongated in the first direction. The second surface of the board faces the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuichiro Tanda, Toshio Matsushita
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Patent number: 10180229Abstract: Provided is a lighting unit for a vehicle capable of implementing surface light emission from a single light emitting surface. The light unit can function to implement a light emitting region in which at least two light colors are displayed or different light colors are implemented, or to locally emitting light.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Soo Ahn, Jeong Oh Lee
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Patent number: 10177201Abstract: A device that may be used as a multi-color pixel is provided. The device has a first organic light emitting device, a second organic light emitting device, a third organic light emitting device, and a fourth organic light emitting device. The device may be a pixel of a display having four sub-pixels. The first device may emit red light, the second device may emit green light, the third device may emit light blue light and the fourth device may emit deep blue light.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Universal Display CorporationInventors: Michael Hack, Julia J. Brown, Michael Stuart Weaver, Peter Levermore, Woo-Young So
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Patent number: 10159315Abstract: The illuminated walking cane comprises a shank, a finial, a plurality of LEDs, one or more batteries, and an on/off control. The walking stick may provide support to a user while walking or hiking. The plurality of LEDs covering the shank may provide illumination and increase visibility after dusk and at night. The plurality of LEDs are powered by the one or more batteries and are turned on or off using the on/off control which may be located on the finial at the top of the shank. The illuminated walking cane may further comprise a blinker circuit and a blinker control. The blinker circuit may interrupt the electrical circuit powering the plurality of LEDs in a repeating pattern, thus causing the plurality of LEDs to blink. Multiple blink patterns may be selected by activating the blinker control on the finial.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventor: Joseph Digiorgio
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Patent number: 10161604Abstract: An LED lighting system having at least one longitudinally extending LED lamp with a sole LED lamp holder on each of the at least one longitudinally extending LED lamps is presently disclosed. An LED lamp mount is configured to connect, and unconnect, with the LED lamp holder and hold and energize each of the at least one longitudinally extending LED lamps. The LED lamp mount is configured for mounting the LED lighting system. Also presently disclosed is a method for installing a lighting system.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Litetronics International Inc.Inventors: Robert Sorensen, Raghu Rao
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Patent number: 10161618Abstract: A stage light fixture is provided with a light source and with a cooling assembly configured to cool the light source; the cooling assembly comprises at least one cooling device configured to generate a flow of cooling air through an outlet opening having an elongated shape along a main axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: CLAY PAKY S.P.A.Inventor: Aris Quadri
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Patent number: 10162103Abstract: A display includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources disposed along an edge of the light guide plate, and a flexible carrier to which the plurality of light sources are secured. The flexible carrier includes a plurality of flexures, each flexure of the plurality of flexures disposed between a respective pair of adjacent light sources of the plurality of light sources to allow a spacing between the pair of adjacent light sources to change.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tristan Thomas Trutna, Edward Francis Burress